Facilities Engineer

Permanent employee, Full-time · Abidjan

Your mission
• Running diagnostics, troubleshooting, conducting preventive maintenance and emergency repairs on MEP critical facilities equipment within the data centre as specified and on schedule.
• Conducting regular health checks for present and future MEP obstacles, issues, and opportunities to increase operational effectiveness
• Providing on-site supervision of all MEP maintenance sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work is performed according to established SLAs, practices, and procedures
• Operating and managing both routine and emergency servicing of MEP critical systems such as: switchgears, diesel generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, fire detection / suppression.
• Tracking and maintaining an up-to-date MEP capacity tracker as per the capacity management policy and procedures. i.e Available Capacity by Key Resource (Power, Cooling in line with the established MEP Capacity benchmarks.
• Providing guidance and technical support to all MEP outsourced vendors and sub-contractors to generate MOPs, to conduct and manage changes as per change management policy and are well coordinated.
• Maintaining a record of Peak Load Per Cabinet Over i.e Last 30 Days
• Providing support to the NOC through Identification, tracking and closure of MEP incidents as per the agreed SLA.
• Ensuring cabinet Power Failover Redundancy Compliance as per the best practice and industrial standards.
• Tracking and maintaining energy consumption records and propose energy efficient practices e.g., lighting & cooling systems management practices.
• Ensuring that all scheduled Preventive & corrective maintenances are conducted according to schedule adhering to Industry best practices.
• Proactively monitoring the trend rack inlet temperatures in data Hall environment with the aim to minimize the occurrence, size, and duration of all service-impacting hot spots.
• Assisting on cabling request and ensure quality Structured Cabling installation through close supervision of cabling installer.
• Backfilling when 24x7 L1 facility engineers or NOC require assistance.
• Documenting and ensuring all MEP SOPs are adhered to.
• Completing of site logs and data gathering issuing for basic permits, such as permit to work at heights.
• Completing routine work requests and circuit installations.
• Optimally collaborating within the department and providing input to peers for general maintenance activities.
Person Specification
Education
Your profile
• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or its equivalent.
•They should have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in industrial electrical field.
• Experience with Cooling equipment, HVAC equipment, Chillers and building plant within a Data Center environment or industrial environment.
• They should be resilient and capable of working long hours.
• They should have strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).
• They should also be able to work under minimum supervision.
• They should possess excellent analytical skills.
• They should have excellent problem-solving skills.
• They should possess integrity values and be very dependable.
About us
Raxio Group is a platform investing in and building state-of-the-art Tier III data centers across Africa. Through its investments and hands-on approach, Raxio seeks to address the latent demand for critical data center infrastructure that will drive digital transformation across the region. Raxio made its first investments in Uganda and Ethiopia by establishing and developing state-of-the-art “metro-edge” facilities on the outskirts of Kampala and Addis Ababa. More recently, Raxio has entered the DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, and Tanzania, where it will be building similar facilities, with further investments planned across Africa. Raxio currently counts on about 80 professionals across different offices in Amsterdam, Dubai, Nairobi, Kampala, Addis, Maputo, Abidjan, and Kinshasa. 
 
 At Raxio Group, we value diverse perspectives and are dedicated to building a dynamic and inclusive workplace. We particularly encourage applications from women who are ready to lead and innovate.
 
Pan-African Data Centre Expansion
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